Is Mccormick, premium taco seasoning mix ultra-processed?

680 g Spices Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

16 ingredients
No additives

Less processed spices

Organic No-Salt Seasoning Kirkland Signature 21 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1
Organic Saigon Cinnamon Ground Kirkland Signature 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Fine ground black pepper Costco Companies Inc. 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Crushed Red Pepper Kirkland 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

yellow corn meal, spices (including chili pepper, cumin, oregano), sea salt (processing marker), onion, garlic, demarara sugar (unrefined sugar (processing marker)), smoked paprika, red, green bell peppers, cocoa powder processed with alkali, salt (processing marker), and jalapeno pepper

As written on the pack

yellow corn meal, spices (including chili pepper, cumin, oregano), sea salt, onion, garlic, demarara sugar (unrefined sugar), smoked paprika, red , green bell peppers, cocoa powder processed with alkali, salt, and jalapeno pepper,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 303 spices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 162nd. 36% of the spices here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 303 spices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052100465074, last edited 25 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.